Steering in the right direction

How Barking and Dagenham locals had their say on key funding decisions

Episode 2 of the 9 Miles East podcast, hosted by Barking and Dagenham Giving, titled "Steering in the right direction" was published on October 10, 2023 and runs 20 minutes.

October 10, 2023 ·20m · 9 Miles East

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In episode 2 of 9 Miles East, we meet Wunmi Oyewole, a proud member of BD Giving’s Community Steering Group. Nobody knows what a community needs better than the people who are part of it. So who better to involve when it comes to making important funding decisions? It was the CSG who played a key role in deciding which local business would receive 25K from The GROW Fund. Wunmi explains why it was so important to involve people who knew the borough best.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In episode 2 of 9 Miles East, we meet Wunmi Oyewole, a proud member of BD Giving’s Community Steering Group. Nobody knows what a community needs better than the people who are part of it. So who better to involve when it comes to making important funding decisions? It was the CSG who played a key role in deciding which local business would receive 25K from The GROW Fund. Wunmi explains why it was so important to involve people who knew the borough best.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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